Blog innovation and other developments

Regular readers of this blog, will notice an innovation. It is now possible to select blog entries by issue. They are there in the column on...

Breastfeeding around the world in Breastfeeding Week

This is my 200th blog entry and I am going to use it to celebrate the efforts to promote breastfeeding over the next 10 days. World Breastfe...

Advice on infant feeding during the UK floods

Thousands of people have been affected by flooding in the UK. In one county 340,000 people have lost their water supply. More rain is expect...

Help to protect Little Jack

Big day for the campaign to strengthen the UK law. Starting with the fun stuff. Partner organisations Save the Children, UNICEF and the Nati...

Breastfeeding chic in Brazil

Well, hey, it's World Breastfeeding Week next week. It has the theme of 'Breastfeeding in the first hour : save one million babies...

Nestlé declares war in the Philippines

There is a big article about the Philippines case in the Asia Times today. If you haven't been paying attention, then the article gives ...

The Nestlé boycott on Korean Television news

Nestlé-Free Week earlier this month has given a boost to the campaign. Banners and logos announcing Nestlé-Free Zones and other links to the...

Can we make the UK law work?

Earlier this year we applauded the UK authorities for taking action to enforce the UK Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 1995...

China TV covers Philippines case

Chinese televisions has carried a 20-minute report on the way baby food companies are pushing their products. They looked at the situation i...

Janipher reunited with her babies

Many thanks to everyone who supported the campaign to reunite Janipher Maseko with her children. She was imprisoned in Yarl's Wood deten...

Podcasts are back

Fans of my weekly podcast - whoever you may be - will know that there have been problems with updates this last three weeks. I'll explai...

A little knowledge can be dangerous

A rather sad and tragic story today. A Yale student working in a poor community in Rwanda found a mother infected with HIV breastfeeding her...

Trading Standards abandons infants and the law

Yesterday I wrote of the prohibited claims that baby food companies in the UK are using on new formula labels. One of the companies respons...

Aptamil joins the rest waiting for Trading Standards

A new label for Aptamil formulas reaches shelves in the UK following the crack down on illegal claims by the authorities. But if you read th...

Putting processed effluent into formula

Do you know why infant formula is called 'formula'? It is because at the end of the 19th century a tailored and complex formula was ...

Synchronising action on water

I've written in the past about my São Lourenço hat and its significance. São Lourenço is an historic spa town in Brazil, where I spent ...

Nestlé-Free Zones continue

International Nestlé-Free Week may have come to an end on Sunday, but the boycott continues until Nestlé accepts and abides by the four-poin...